Meet the Managers

Adesuwa McCalla is the principal of literary management firm MetaMorphic Entertainment, where she identifies under-the-radar fresh voices that reflect different worlds and perspectives with a literary talent for recognizing great material for her roster of clients. These span award-winning and critically acclaimed film and TV writers and directors whose projects include the Oscar-nominated “Hotel Rwanda,” Emmy-winning Star Trek: Picard, as well as series Bigger, All-American, 13 Reasons Why, Unsolved: The Murders of Notorious B.I.G & Tupac, How to Get Away With Murder, The Flash, and Tell Me a Story. She previously worked at the BBC, ITV, Nickelodeon, and MTV in various roles and collaborated with prolific actor-writer-director Bill Duke to identify marketable fan-engaging series which ultimately propelled her to a programming role at The WB, where she shepherded the groundbreaking series Angel, Smallville, and Grounded for Life.

Christina Campagnola is a Manager and Producer with a focus on diverse, independent voices, and multi-hyphenates, across all platforms. Christina started her management career at Imagine Artist Management. Before management, Christina was an agent in the Motion Picture Literary Department at the Agency for the Performing Arts where she represented filmmakers. During her time at APA, she helped launch their Independent Film Packaging and Sales division where she sold independent features and consulted for film funds. She is the co-founder of the Untitled Ladies Script Club and serves on the Dean’s Council of the Florida State University Film School, where she received a BFA in Film Production.

Krista Sipp is a literary manager based out of Los Angeles. She and her partner, Devon Byers, founded First Friday Entertainment in 2017. First Friday is a management and production company representing writers, directors, and producers in the film, TV, and digital space. Originally from Connecticut, Krista started her career at management company Circle of Confusion in 2008. After holding positions at studios and production companies across the industry, she returned to Circle of Confusion in 2015 before moving on to launch her own company. Currently, Krista is focused on developing clients with fresh voices and diverse points of view. She loves to discover writers and directors from backgrounds that traditionally have been underrepresented in the entertainment industry and creating access for the stories they have to tell. Her clients have worked on projects such as A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO), Katy Keene (CW), the upcoming independent feature Tunnels, starring Susan Sarandon, as well as the upcoming Legendary Comics series Lupina.

Rose Zhang is a manager and producer at Aaron Kogan Management. Having been at the company for over 4 years, she has been involved with clients who have written, directed and produced projects for companies including Netflix, Apple, HBO Max, Showtime, FX, Warner Bros TV and A24 among others. With experiences across all genres and platforms, Rose is working with diverse and female up-and-coming writers and directors to create emotionally-engaging stories. She has also previously interned at various production companies such as SK Global, and has physical production experience running around New York City.